Saint Paul Preaching in Athens
Catalogue
- Year
- 1733
- Dimensions
- 15 5/16 x 10 15/16in. (38.9 x 27.8cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Giovanni Paolo Panini
Artist
Painting
Giovanni Paolo Panini was an Italian painter and architect renowned for his vedute, or architectural views, of Rome rendered with theatrical precision and luminous atmosphere. Working in the 18th century, he specialized in capricci, imaginative compositions combining real and invented monuments, and documentary records of papal ceremonies and antiquities. His meticulous oil paintings on canvas established the aesthetic vocabulary for the Grand Tour market and influenced vedutisti across Europe. Panini also served as professor of perspective at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome, systematizing the mathematical principles underlying his compositions.
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- Giovanni Paolo Panini
- Year
- 1733
- Dimensions
- 15 5/16 x 10 15/16in. (38.9 x 27.8cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1733-T004658
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- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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